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| The most unique benefit of being a member of the FDSC is our lesson program. Lessons are available to members after paying a registration fee. This registration fee helps the club to defray some of the costs of the instructional program. OUR INSTRUCTORS are PSIA (Professional Ski Instructor of America) certified. Most of our instructors have or are currently teaching at a mountain. Many of our instructors have been long time members of the club. All of our instructors are dedicated to introducing our club members to skiing and snowboarding safely. Our instructors maintain their certification by attending on-the-hill and classroom clinics throughout the east coast on a regular basis. Whether your goal is to ride the chair lift for the first time or develop new skills to access more parts of the mountain, our instructors devote their time every Tuesday for seven weeks to help you meet that goal. OUR APPRENTICES are members of the club who have been recognized by our instructors as having the excellent ski/snowboarding ability along with great communication skills. Apprentices assist the instructors to assure that our students receive the most attention and demonstration to enhance their learning experience. If you are interested in joining our team of Instructors and Apprentices, please contact the Skimeister or the Ski School Director. |
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RICK AUCHENBACH PSIA Certification Level I Favorite Ski Areas: Tremblant and Vail |
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| ALISON CRAMER
Ski Instructor-PSIA Certification Level
II Racing Background: Accomplishments: History of 1st and 2nd place medals for ASRA races; Fastest woman-Breckenridge, CO, 2008 EPSC Winter Carnival Race & on winning team!; 2nd place FDSC Winter Carnival Race 2010: Most Improved Skier Award-Green Mountain College, '82; First Female PSIA. Level II certified instructor in history of Doe Mtn.,'97. |
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| DOUG DOMESHEK PSIA Certification Level II Years Instructing: 10 Ski Areas Taught: Blue Mtn, Doe Mtn, Eagle Rock and Jack Frost |
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| CARL J.
ENGLEMAN, JR CJ has been skiing for 26 years. He has been racing since 1989 and most recently for FDSC participating in ASRA and NASTAR events. |
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BRIAN GALLAGHER PSIA Certification Level II Years Instructing: 10 (2 yrs full-time) Ski Areas Taught: Vail, Bear Creek, Blue Marsh Favorite Ski Area: Vail Brian was president of FDSC. He also has been ski school director, skimeister and treasurer. |
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GEORGE
GRAHAM PSIA Certification
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LORI
HENNE PSIA Certification Level I Ski Areas Taught: Bear Creek Favorite Ski Area: Vail Lori learned to ski through the FDSC. She is very active in the club by being on the board, running trips, and helping out at social events. |
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JEFF LANDIS
PSIA Certification Level I Years Instructing: 1 Jeff joined the FDSC instructor program in 2010 and is
having a blast helping to teach our members to ski. |
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MICHELE LeGRANDE Years Instructing: 6 Ski Areas Taught: Blue Marsh Ski Area Favorite Ski Area: Sun Valley Michele gets great satisfaction from seeing students advance in their skiing abilities and go on to enjoy the sport with friends and family. "Its all about being safe and having a good time." She likes to be outside in the winter with friends and having a good time instead of hibernating. |
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W.E. (NAT) LeGRANDE Years Instructing: 9 Ski Areas Taught: Blue Marsh Favorite Ski Areas: Eastern-Jay Peak, Stowe, Sugar Loaf, Mt Tremblant; Western-Jackson Hole (when the tram is running), Sun Valley and anywhere at Lake Tahoe
Pet Peeve: Skiing is only a 6 month sport |
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KEITH LI Years Instructing: 30+ Ski Areas
Taught: Hahn Mt (Big Valley), Heidelberg, Ski Snowpeak, Ski Roundtop Favorite Ski
Area: any area on a perfect snow day |
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DALE MARTIN Years Instructing: 5+ Ski Areas Taught: Bear Creek with FDSC program Favorite Ski Area: I have had the opportunity to ski & ride numerous areas in the Western US and Canada, including riding Mt. Hood, Oregon in JUNE a few years ago, as well as skiing 8 different regions in Europe. My favorite area is Vail with its vast back bowls and variety of trails facing town. Dale had been skiing for over 25 years and riding over 10 years. |
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SHEILA MARTIN
Sheila, an expert level skier, has 25+ years experience and has become an accomplished snowboarder. Looking forward to becoming certified
and will teach all levels of snowboarding. |
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| DAVE McFARLAND PSIA Certification Level II AASI Certification Level Apprentice Years Instructing: 20+ Ski Areas Taught: Blue Marsh Favorite Ski Areas: Arapahoe Basin and Elk
Dave was Technical Director for several years and has also been
Skimeister. |
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| SUSAN McMULLEN PSIA Certification Level I Years Instructing: 20+ Favorite Ski Areas: Vail, Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, St. Moritz (Switzerland) tops a long list of favorites.
Sue has been skiing for about 28 years. For FDSC, Sue has held the following offices: Treasurer, President, Past President and Competition Director. Racing has highlighted her many years of skiing. Among her accomplishments Sue was the FDSC Women's club championship for several years, first place finishes in the women's C and B level at ASRA finals and placing second at the 2002 NASTAR finals in Park City, Utah.
Also won Masters team at the EPSC Council Cup Race in 2003. |
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| STAN MILLER PSIA Certification Level I Ski Areas Taught: Bear Creek Favorite Ski Area: Schladming, Austria |
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BRUCE NOGA - SNOWBOARD DIRECTOR PSIA Certification Level I AASI Certification Level I Years Instructing: 15 Ski Areas Taught: Blue Marsh Favorite Ski Areas: Red Mountain, British Columbia and heli-skiing at CMH Bruce has been skiing for over 20 years and snowboarding for over 10. He loves to share his experiences when snowriding with his students and friends. |
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| RICH
REBER PSIA Certification Level I Years Instructing: 20+ Ski Areas Taught: Blue Marsh, Eagle Rock Favorite Ski Area: Anywhere in Europe Over the years Rich has taught students ranging from 18 months to over 70 years old including a person who was deaf. Rich has been taught the junior and advanced program at Blue Marsh for many years. |
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| DOUG SCHWAB
PSIA Certification Level II Years Instructing: 21 Skiing and 5 Snowboarding Ski Areas Taught: Roundtop, Bear Creek, Burke Mt VT Favorite Ski Area: Anywhere they have good snow and extreme steeps Enjoy seeing people trying and doing what they thought they could not do on the snow and making people smile while having fun. |
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| PAUL
SCHWARTZ
PSIA Certification Level I Years Instructing: 5+ Ski Areas Taught: Bear Creek with FDSC program Favorite Ski Areas: Anywhere in Vermont (where I lived during high school), Elk in Pennsylvania |
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| BIP
SMEDLEY PSIA Certification Level I Years Instructing: 4+ Ski Areas Taught: Bear Creek with FDSC program Favorite Ski Areas: MRG, Sugarbush, Stowe |
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| BOB SMITH PSIA Certification Level III Years Instructing: 24 Ski Areas Taught: Blue Marsh, Bear Creek Favorite Ski Areas: Squaw Valley, Snowbird, Arapahoe Basin, Jackson Hole, Lake Louise, St. Anton (Austria) and Stowe
Bob has been skiing since 1965 with the opportunity to ski Steamboat frequently for 4 seasons. He was on ski patrol for several years and attained the PSIA Level III certification March, 2005. Bob has also been President, Competition Director, Past President, Trip Director and is currently Historian for the
FDSC. |
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BRUCE SMITH Alpine Certified Level 2 Alpine Certified Master Teacher Alpine Sports Science Accreditation Bruce was FDSC Past President and Past Director of Eastern Region United States Ski Association. |
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MARCIA SMITH PSIA Certification Level I Years Instructing: 8 Ski Areas Taught: Ski Sawmill, Blue Marsh |
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ALLARD
van der VELDE Favorite Ski Areas: In Europe Solden and Crested Butte in the US Allard worked for 3 years in Zell am Ailler, Austria and 6 years in Winter Park, CO. He has taught skiing, telemark and snowboarding as mainly private lessons. Also worked as a volunteer for the NSCD teaching Adaptive skiing for 5 years. "When teaching, I like to be challenged, like to see happy faces, especially the ones from children." |
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MARIANNE
van der VELDE Favorite Ski Area: Don't have a favorite mountain - there's still too many left to explore! Marianne taught 7 years at Winter Park, Co working mostly with children. Ran the "Barracuda" program for 3 years for children from Colorado's front range where kids skied on the "team" for 3 weeks at a time. Volunteered teaching students at the National Sports Center for the disabled. |
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